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Stanford senior Simone Manuel continued the team’s hot streak on Thursday night at the 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships at Ohio State University. Manuel won the 50 free final with a 21.18 to just miss the NCAA record that she set last year at 21.17. She was also off the American Record of 21.12 from Abbey Weitzeil.
Weitzeil was fourth in the race at 21.67. Tennessee’s Erika Brown was second at 21.51 while Ohio State senior Liz Li was third at 21.59 in her home pool.
Beryl Gastaldello (21.74), Aly Tetzloff (21.77), Caitlin Cooper (21.77) and Caroline Baldwin (22.01) also swam in the championship final.
This is Manuel’s third title in the 50 free as she won in 2015 and 2017. She did not compete in 2016 for the Olympic year. Manuel is the first to win three titles in the event since Georgia’s Kara Lynn Joyce won four from 2004-2007.
Stanford’s Catherine Fox (1997-1999) and Texas’ Leigh Ann Fetter (1988-1991) are the only other swimmers to win at least three 50 free NCAA titles.
This is also Stanford’s eleventh 50 free title as Manuel joins Fox, Krissie Busch (1984), Jenna Johnson (1986, 1987) and Jenny Thompson (1992, 1993) as winners for the Cardinal.
Event 5 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 21.17 3/16/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
American: A 21.12 3/5/2016 Abbey Weitzeil, Canyons Aquatics
U.S. Open: O 21.12 3/5/2016 Abbey Weitzeil, Canyons Aquatics
Meet: C 21.17 3/16/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
Pool: P 21.46 3/15/2018 Liz Li, OSU-OH
21.80 AUTO NCAA A Standard
22.99 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Simone Manuel SR Stanford 21.60 21.18P 20
r:+0.67 10.30 21.18 (10.88)
2 Erika Brown SO Tennessee 21.60 21.51 17
r:+0.70 10.56 21.51 (10.95)
3 Liz Li SR OSU 21.46 21.59 16
r:+0.63 10.41 21.59 (11.18)
4 Abbey Weitzeil SO California 21.49 21.67 15
r:+0.63 10.46 21.67 (11.21)
5 Beryl Gastaldel SR TAMU 21.63 21.74 14
r:+0.62 10.49 21.74 (11.25)
6 Alyssa Tetzloff JR Auburn 21.85 21.77 12.5
r:+0.60 10.43 21.77 (11.34)
6 Caitlin Cooper SR Virginia 21.95 21.77 12.5
r:+0.70 10.61 21.77 (11.16)
8 Caroline Baldwi SR UNC 21.80 22.01 11
r:+0.72 10.67 22.01 (11.34)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 5 1. Stanford 171 2. California 115 3. Tennessee 96.5 4. Michigan 87 5. Virginia 86 6. Louisville 69 7. Texas 68 8. Texas A&M 65 9. Ohio St 40 10. Georgia 39 11. Arizona 32 12. UNC 25 13. Kentucky 24 14. Minnesota 22 15. Wisconsin 21 16. Southern Cal 20 17. NC State 18 18. Auburn 16.5 19. Missouri 15 20. Purdue 14 21. Denver 11 22. Penn St 9 23. UCLA 6 23. South Carolina 6 25. Indiana 5 26. Alabama 4
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